Articles by Bristol Stickney

Solar/Hydronics versus  Carbon Emissions

March 11, 2015

The industrial revolution has been fueled by combustion since its very beginning and combustion produces Carbon Dioxide gas (CO2). Whether...

Solar, hydronics versus carbon emissions

March 8, 2015

Bristol Stickney

The industrial revolution has been fueled by combustion since its very beginning, and combustion produces carbon dioxide gas (CO²). Whether...

Solar, hydronic fluids and pressures

February 6, 2015

Bristol Stickney

Solar heat collectors are commonly installed as "Closed-Loop Pressurized-Glycol" systems in cold climates where freezing weather exists. (The majority of...

Table of contents for the past 6 years

January 9, 2015

Bristol Stickney

With the New Year 2015 underway, it is customary to look back, take stock and make resolutions for improvement. As...

Table of contents for the past six years

January 5, 2015

Bristol Stickney

With the New Year 2015 underway, it is customary to look back, take stock and make resolutions for improvement. As...

Top 10 reasons for choosing solar heat

December 12, 2014

Bristol Stickney

In this column, over the past few years, I have been describing standard methods and best practices we use to...

Metal, plastic and temperature limits

November 12, 2014

Bristol Stickney

Alternative-energy heat sources are not always well-behaved. Unlike conventional hydronic boilers, solar heat collectors will not produce heat on-demand, and...